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File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [‎44r] (92/1132)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (562 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1929-29 Jul 1931. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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PERSIA.
OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GCfYEB^m
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
No. 1.
Sir R. Clive to Mr. A. Henderson.—[Received August 19.)
(No. 395.) . a-
Sir, m ( ^ r ‘ * G.ulhek, August 12, 1930.
WITH reference to my telegram No. 187 of to-day, I have the honour to transmit
to you herewith copies of a letter which I have received from the Minister for Foreign
Affairs on the subject of the general treaty, and which amounts in effect to a counter
draft. I attach my comments as a separate enclosure.
2. Though signed by Feroughi, there is every indication that this letter, like
his previous ones on subjects connected with the general treaty, is the work of
Teymourtache. If any weight at all is to be attached to his assurance that he has
left no margin for further concessions on the Persian side, it must be admitted that
this counter-draft is extremely disappointing. On many points regarding which I
had every reason to hope that we had reached a satisfactory settlement on the basis
of the latest British draft, I find that his Highness has reverted to a previous
attitude; often, as in the case of the introductory article to the Slavery Protocol,
without even commenting on the subsequent British counter-draft. The latest
British draft of article 1, arrived at after so much difficulty, has been rejected in
favour of a text which I fear will hardly prove acceptable, though Feroughi has
not definitely abandoned, as a less desirable alternative, his earlier proposal, the text p
of which I forwarded under cover of my despatch No. 368 of the 29th July.'^ * u*
(Feroughi’s Annex No. 1 repeats this text, with the exception of a correction which j
I had made in the last paragraph with a view to clearness.) The Hen jam Protocol,
as now suggested by Feroughi, has several alterations of an objectionable character,
and contains unnecessarily irksome restrictions. The Bahrein article, though finally
omitting any reference to Persian consular representation, appears open to objection
on other and new grounds. A deadlock seems to have been reached in the matter of
Tamb. And finally, in the matter of claims, the debt, the Henjam lease, and more
especially the compensation demanded for Bahrein, the Persian Government’s j
desiderata are little short of preposterous. I
3. As stated in my telegram No. 188 of the 12th August, I have merely
acknowledged the receipt of this letter, and do not propose to enter on any further
discussions without your instructions.
4. It seems to me that the time has now come for me to communicate to his
Highness, under your instructions, a statement indicating in detail the limits to
which His Majesty’s Government are prepared to go, and to let him know definitely
that if the Persian Government persist in their exaggerated pretensions, no purpose
can be served by my continuing these negotiations.
5. A copy of this despatch has been sent to the Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India, and to His Majesty’s consul-general at Bushire.
I have, &c.
R H OLIVE
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
M. Feroughi to Sir R. Clive.
Mon cher Ministre, Teheran, le 9 aout 1930.
AY ANT fait une revue du traite general en negociation entre nous, et anime du
desir d’arriver le plus vite possible a une solution satisfaisante pour les deux parties,
j’ai 1’honneur de soumettre ci-apres a votre Excellence, comme il a ete d ailleurs
convenu, le resultat de cet examen en detail:
Article 1.
Pour cet article, quoique j ’aie deja propose dans notre derniere seance certaines
modifications apportees a la redaction offerte par votre Excellence, c est-a-dire j ai
propose une redaction (redaction No. I, annexee), neanmoins, tout examen fait et
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This volume contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the two governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues. The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Robert Clive, and Teymourtache.

In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:

  • 'Minutes of an Inter-departmental conference held at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, July 29th, 1931', (folios 6-13)
  • Draft text of general treaty between Persia and Britain written in French, (folios 62-83)
  • Copy of the concession granted to Baron Julius de Reuter to establish a bank in the Persian Empire under the name of 'The Imperial Bank of Persia' in 1889, (folios 341-342).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (562 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 564; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English and French in Latin script
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